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Show Ex. Doc. No. 11. l 1 1 ft u~ "e foun cl that he had . him foocl, \ltul, aftl'r lw tln t I)rouch 'belongi ng to one of th~ o g~'~ )owtler horn and bu I ·t ""<Htten off a I l'!"D Pn 11 1· ~s t}1c ~now wa s (1 t >rp. Wh. t·n we We had hard \\ork. a t '? l ·.;fs of strc.·ams that uuitt- wtth the to ~; ro RS the ra ,t nt'" <ttl< H . I ·Lcl driftttl to the ('i\~tNn ~anktcl'""S 've found t1Jat all the :-.now ,'· 'l'l1t•ro:c drifts wt• rt~ from 1) ' ~~~ :- ,, • , . I I . , I t a s t. • n c . • . ~ k w h I c h w c w t. r e o ) . I f! < I< f . ; I . m u 1 c s ~ u n k t o t h «' tr lw 11 H: s ..tan t'o SIX ft•<•t or more .Ill c t•pt l, l ' f'l~ . It\.' · tltt· W<lgons sunk until Ill,, e · \ t h ,T rt• a t t 1 ll u ' ' . cl l Stl· tt"rrlt•tl throug 1 WI n f' of' tl.lc Srlow· Still we c ro:- ~ l' 3 n < r-o t 1 · ... 1 i r a<:<· • ' · 1· t h c.u. ,, bt-d:-; " l'l' ~ lt•d o1n th1ety · wc• re s. nrnt• t 'tru•"·'s thirty or fo r ty ht•' et tlac~e plcH'<.'!' , ;dthoug l {' l ·, . l ' flirultit'S we M1ade a march ol t lr- .w iclt•; an< \ .t n the h, re o t lt ::ot < ' te~·n milt·s. . . wt·rc ".,.a 1n obligrcl to utfn for t h~ ~m· When we en "ampr c1, '~ c ~ I o Ht·c~·decl ~~~,for tht• prt•lrtt•s, Pa .. clonable nc~li geu<,·c~.o l p<l•rs<IHlwH ~\,'' 11" ll)y fir<·. Fortunate\)' the icc r • I t • ( U (.' (' II (II ( ' ,., ' ' • I • cJ l() for mtlt·s arounc' ltl • 'rou1d <'tO~~ to the opposite . u t·,.w ~as in surh a state that v. c hltg<·d to wnrk hard, in t'OVntng the th~ island ; hut \\'<' wc·rkc• o th for our mu1t•H. We found plt•nty · 1 · o as to m a '-' a lltl l h v · r icc wtth S<\llt' s. ·1· I It bad bN·n brought tht•rt> l~ t t.' n •h. t O f wno<l on ·>toh e~~\' ant<t•sn. hy I I \\'I S so t'O\t•r<•• l With snow t a t 11.' roac ' · · Jan '" n:n; n · - t' · . ' ' . . • b y t It t' r i v t• r · b u t , t 11 I :-. m or n- we wt·re .o b I'1 g(.·t I 1 o '" u I d e o u r n "' s <' ' . t I i fli h 1 Tt was howt·vt· r, w1l11 great c - Jw!! w · f >u nd the roac · · ' 1 t\rtd r a g a Ill < k . . t A lt hough t h t.· s u n s Ion t.' t.\\llt' y t 1t at we m·ul·, crpd t o ··•·p In ' . I ffi It lt rc- < ' o ·1 till our pro~rt·ss was c' ru . t ,\..,e ~no w thawed very nnH ~~. ~ .• to "'<'l'Oin(>li~h t·l ... vt·n lllilt•s . We ~~ . t t ll · r~l' \'CI cll\t l t• . 1 , lcl nu\\:rcc\ the great'S {' 11 . lp <rra~o.<.:· la·rt• we lourJ< ~orot o ''\ I . b o I I o m o t" ~ w '' u n , ' . . u c h en .t·.ampct ten wa bl I to bnrn tht'm, for the nver wa s Ills E' r t.' o rv· '· 1 ·«a~t,<)llti' w ,.., n 1 ht• ict· art. te that we roulcl not c·r;)~~ll~ltl•l:;10d of' ·n't.ehing buffalo t\lat r.do On•c of my mt•n to I d mt:l o .. ~~~!· II(' "-"I)" l hat tht· Rica rC('S mt~ kt• pil~~ 11 · t I '\ v 1 · v t' 1 H '1 ' · "'' I n mot n-.l'o cl'l o '.' , t > look 1tkt• men, and arrange thl'SC pi l'!' I of buf.r,,Jo dun~ so as (nil ., ) Hoar hin<r, lt·ad to a pt·n. JL.vlng two IiI'(' s w hI I ' h ' g null' , y • I til . . . t w g I in t' • t he an ' m a Is run on, I b u ffa 1 o l' ~ l l'l w <: '. n 1t s l ' 1'ir1 ven t tc . . ... tht·~t' ltnt·~ , and an· ct~ugllt. . . without '.la~~~~~~\.r~;,~vc nnotbt·r day of brilliaut :--uns~ltne; llltl erc1, Janua?1/l Tht> . now bq~•w to mt>lt ~wCJy ntprdly . 1- 4t ~ct· mt-d lOt. , h ( f Ir I\' t' 1111' I•, • ._' "" ''' 'Ill'' ' ' Mr • Sublcr te who was tr:lV<' t After a ~J}lH e tta,nt lt·l\tlS 10 ~~nit~ F(~ . Soun ,,ft411\\' (lfd~, Wf mer ling wtth lt.llpo . , ht·1ottrring to Mt·s~rs. llullard & l.fook, o . of sIX \\a!-- ons t~ A l H l~t · !:WlllC ~ ~~~un . . t .. hcul bct•n to th ... ~;ro:-.sin~ of the r Ul!rsa s t~) r . l>t:cn '.Mu:;~ourr. l 1) . · I "'orne of tbe proprietors of thiS tratn had "cachcR," w H 1 • · 1 f II k • t· 'H 1 y tn t H' a . 1 obligee! to ma . ·, '"W' nl' thl' I' OII(IIII S t of !-.'font{'r('y, and we a so u. fl' ('t' 1' t' t '' 'f · r 'l'ara- "'" l ' nnw f · ·cs wt-re bt>ing I'Oncentratcd at amp1~;0, P c ' ' l that our ''H' i\1 tit an • . T II lOll I . e l'd) uf l t'Xrt:o. •s tory to marchll1g '\..,''Ill'' tht·:-; c· (>· ·o plt·, "e t-nl·ountE•rcd ~o rne wo,lv( ~ S h r 11 y a I 1 c r P • .. · ~"' 1 · 1 1 • 1 0 r t ' 111 1> n Y · . .. ·1 So 1nH·nt were the wo vt•s 111 1t fol l ow tn~ rht:•lr trdl. qtlllt! ''lcl~t- t o,,~, boldin•r their lwad!' lll!til tire • 1 y came .... ' o 1 ,,tt•tY JlJt'"t tiJ at Ill' . I tl c tr· ... t·k of the tut>n wht n out· o my' b I l I Y ;..: {' (• lit f' ( I n • ) J L V • C ltlcr o~uJrlH~ J ab~ . l•' . . l " ll ·d the foremost. Tiu.:sc anlma. s a c • lb rdlc an( L t.: Ex. Doc. No. ·~1 . 53.t <t~ o m e \' <• r y d a l' t. 11 b(r ,· o 11 " o f' o l · t } · ... nr mu t'S came 111 o camp t 1rs morning-bwliothod i. ts f'o rc- l t·g badly Uiltt•n by th c·m, and C'O H 'H' d with c lots of Attt>r a marc:h of t\\<' l\ 1' milt·s \\1' c•n<·arnped nt•ar the fort whicla thos · IIH.' ll \\ lro wnc• a.tt.H:kt>d last fal l hy th1• P a\\ lll't'"i had built t o J~l'fllt l'l tht·ms,c·,l\ t•s whi ll' tbl'y St' u t lo B. ' lit 's l•~ort fn r nsst~tauc·t·~ }c!JJ'UCITY l .- l t1e ~u n sl~onc• forth \\itlt \\armrh, and tht• mc·ltt·cl Rnow m.ul<' th e (~ron nel <Jllllt• mudd). Attn pro c J·t•diug- fitt· miks we p.t s~c d th(· ''Arkans;ts nossin g .'' \Ve marcht•d all dc~y with-ou t ~t't'Ing- ;tny g-ood placeR to c•n cn rnp. At l en ~t h our mul,·~ be came so worn out llJaL w • c<)uld ~caret• go any further, nor w 11 :; tlu~ p ros pt·r·t. of findrug \\ Ood on this side of th e rin·r any better iu adv aul·c ot us . On e· o f' th(• tnt>n liad just k illt·d a fin e buffalo; f ~cut ou t a mul(· to brrn!! 1n th meat, and we· c·nc;unp1·d. Th e rrvc•r wa~ iu such a. ~tar e that no ont• could cro~s witlr out wading a good portion of th~ w~y, a lt h.ough tlJc' IC'l' \\as. 111 tn.tri.Y pla.res si'- llll'lJt•s 11 t htl'knt·s". fhe '""'d had been t ;u r . all d.ty; It. suddenly cllallgcd to then orth, a!'d bl'gan to blow wtth t;r<'at vwleucc, while dark douds :set·mt·cl 111 an .lll s t;rnt to C'O\t'r tilt· sky. I now saw 11 would he an t'\' t•ntful nig-ht for \1 '1. Oru- fin·s were b lown out h,r tile trt•mt•ndous viol(·ncc• of tire wind, ann we were forn·d to gl't Into our .bt· d:; and thnt> abide the fury of llH• SlOrm. Ft:b ruorz; 2 -All ur g- h t th(• sturm rag-ed with a furv a~ a.wtul as *.. h at of. t IH .' ' ' torm e nt<.·~ ' of. t'n"t . lll anc. Tile partir"l c of SIIO\V b t' at with w i I d r ,, g c again t m j t c n t, w h i le the t r ad q t r u c 1 u r c qurv c n ·d, a.nd tht· yo It's tltr~t ~up ported it creak<·d nut! g-roat~t·d ~() mu. h that tl was Impo'Si ul c lor me to sleep . Such was tht· fore~ o f l11 ' w i n d , t h ., t i t d r<H' c · t h e s u o w t h r o u g IJ t II c ( · <H n · a · s w a I J ..; o f 1ny tt·nt, and I found n1y bed and pap ~.: rs eovt•rpd \nth it. During tht~ night 1 heard one of the mt·n, who had got hts fed wet rn at t t"mpt rug to <.: ro :;s the ri' l' r, implo1 ing somt· of his co mpanions to lt.>t h11n get into the wagon with tltt·m. The ni g ht \\as tcrnbly cold, and [ ft.·ar ed that a ll of our animals would be frozt·n to (lt·ath bclorc morniug. At len g-th morning ~;auH·, but when I lookt•d out the snow wa driftrug aloug in dt.•nsc douds 01. hard it:y JWrticlcs, 1hnt At·w aJ,,ng with lhc \' t·lot·tty of lightning. As the sun bt·gatl to appt>ar tht• ~torrn reused, and it was most fortuuat e for us that it did cp;:sc. I now forced 1uy way out of the rent, wh1ch was b,.,ll<cd wi!l1 snow. W11 1: 11 I lookt'd around,« sc<·ne of utter clcso- 1ariorr fHt 'S t·nted it se lt; most ot my meu had laiu down ou rla-:g r o u "d t o s ll' t • p, but no w not one o I t h c m C' o u I d b •.: ~i e e u. 1 c a II c tl ~·oud; tltc·y ht ·ard IIH' nor, la·i ng- <'OV<·rcd hcnc·ath tht• dt•t•p ~IJOW. 1 now Wl'nt to the w,tgou:-:; in out• I found Ptlka and L.ting; in rh ~ ()th.•r, two or thn•c mt·ll, onc> of\\ hom had bt•en Vt·ry rll t'Vt·r siuet~ l~avi11g !hut 's Fort He cann• rushi11g towards me ha lf disturctt·d, hts Slllrt I'OVt·red with ~now, hrs bead U.trt•, and (.'fOU ·hing at IOJ ft>t't, lie unplon·d u1c to take htrn to a hou--t•. "0, Lrc· ult'llitrtl, hke Utt• to a llOll ~· ! I :-;hall frt•t•z t- to dt •arld J 'm frctztug! I 'm frt'tZiug!" llr... arms wt•rt• drawn up and srrlft·nc·d, his body ,,lrnost. purul )'zed with cold. 1 took the poor fclJo w and Il ul lJJm in my |